Alain Buu

Alain Buu was born in Paris and spent his childhood both Vietnam and France. In 1989 he joined the prestigious French photo agency Gamma. With them he covered the world news for over 15 years, and being an adventurer he traveled to many remote parts of the world.

Today he works as a freelancer and it was as a free lancer he returned to Afghanistan to follow in the footsteps of Joseph Kessel who wrote the novel “Les Cavalier” (The Horsemen). In his series he follow the horsemen of today in Afghanistan, the Afghan tribes-men and their sport Buzkashi. It is a Central Asian sport where horse-mounted players drag a goat carcass towards a goal. Traditionally a game could last for days, but time limits have lately been introduced.

After 9/11 Alain Buu wanted to portray a different side of the war torn people of Afghanistan, he chose to do so by photographing the Buzkashi players and their life-partners; their horses.

Alain Buu

Born

1960

Nationality

French

Studio

On the go

Favorite motive

World News

Speciality

Adventure

Represented

Gamma

World News Covered

Tahir Square

Egypt

War

Chad

One Child Policy

China

War over Water

Africa

Holy Fishing

Mali

Tora Bora

Afghanistan

Second Infintada

Palestine/Israel

www.alainbuu.com

Albert Watson

Albert Watson almost does not need an introduction after being named one of the 20 most influential photographers of all time by Photo District News.

Albert Watson photographed his first celebrity, Alfred Hitchcock, in 1973 for Harper Bazaar's Christmas issue. The image of famous director holding a dead goose with a ribbon around his neck was the first of hundreds of iconic photos of celeberties to come. Movie stars, rock stars, rappers, super models, presidents and even a queen has now been imortalized by mr Watson.

Albert Watson has also photographed hundereds of succesfull ad campaigns for the worlds most prestigous brands, directed over 500 commercials and created photographs for movie posters.

It is a great honor to have the portraits he has shoot of Swedish actor Eva Röse on the Palace walls.

David Gamble

Perhaps the only photographer who has ever said no to the ‘Iron Lady’, Margaret Thatcher.

David Gamble is a photographer and painter of international acclaim and the winner of numerous prestigious awards such as the Grand Prix European Award for Best Photographer (1987). His portrait of Stephen Hawking for Time-Life, which was later used as the cover of Hawking’s crucial book ‘A Brief History of Time’, awarded Gamble the World Press Award (1988) and The American Photography Award (1989).

David’s important and revealing images shot in Andy Warhol’s Upper East Side apartment, right after the artist’s death in 1987, were showcased at c/o The Maidstone during 2011 and are now on display at c/o Häringe Palace.

The exhibit lets the viewer into Warhol’s personal sanctum – perhaps the only place, if such ever existed, where the self-proclaimed icon was forced to face his own humanity. Sotheby's had allowed Gamble to roam the apartment during eight days, to take photographs for a Sunday supplement to publicize their auction of Warhol’s collection of paintings, furniture, jewelry and other artefacts. The image that most outraged the auctioneers and the guardians of the Warhol Foundation was a shot of the inside of Warhol's medicine cabinet, which resembled a drug store. David Gamble had more fun with some of the other images, on which he superimposed a silk-screen spectra of Warhol to make his living spaces look haunted.

David Gamble

Born

1953

Nationality

British

Homes

East Hampton

New Orleans

Speciality

People in locations

Magazines

Life

New Yorker

Independent

Side jobs

Painter

Space talkshow host

Portrait Portfolio

Andy Warhol

Artist

Bob Geldof

Singer & Activist

Meat Loaf

Musician

Boy George

Popstar

Robert Altman

Director

Zaha Hadid

Architect

M.Thatcher

Ex-Prime Minister

Emmanuel Georges

Emmanuel Georges has found a way to combine his love for American cars with the art of photography.

Emmanuel Georges is a graphic designer and photographer living in Strasbourg. He observes the surrounding landscape and world around him. He has a realist and frontal approach to photography. Between documentary research and intimate testimony, he photographs miniature cars for the "Automology" series and magnifies them through enlargement and his method of staging.

Since 1989, Emmanuel Georges has dedicated a series to abandoned American cars in the USA (‘American Lost Cars’). He continued his work focusing on American cars with ‘Cadillac – Habana’ in 1999. However, for the ‘Automology’ series which is still being developed, the photographer’s interest lies in miniature cars from his childhood. The artist talks about nostalgia and the symbolic value given to an everyday object.

Emmanuel Georges positions these objects on black backgrounds. This staging is reminiscent of showcases in natural history museums or Renaissance cabinets of curiosity. The title of the series ‘Automology’ is a play on words with the term ‘entomology.’

Emmanuel Georges transcends the depiction of the small cars from his childhood and elevates these everyday objects to the rank of works of art. The museum staging enhances the relic and the plastic depiction borders upon abstraction. Beyond the aesthetic reasoning, it is also the photographer as a little boy who talks to us. He nostalgically evokes souvenirs common to us all and the poetry of the patina of age

Emmanuel Georges

Nationality

French

Studio

Strasbourg

Favorite motive

Miniature cars

Muse

American cars

Speciality

Staging & elevating

Hobby

Graphic design

Car models

Maserati

Rolls Royce

Matchbox

Buick Roadmaster

Talbot Lago

Alpine Renault

Matra

www.emmanuel-georges.com

Felix Oppenheim

Felix Oppenheim is a true adventure photographer. Felix and his friend Felix St.Clair-Renard invented a new profession in the 70's, the ski-photographer. They were both ground breaking in their field that could be called photography of adventures in wild nature.

Brought up in a family that traveled whenever they got a chance, Felix fell in love with traveling the world. So he found a profession that would keep him on the road to new adventures most of the time. During his travels he shoots landscapes and people, often in remote places.

The photos we have at both the Palace and at c/o The Maidstone is from a series of powerful portraits from around the world. The Greek man under his olive tree, the goat hunter from Pakistan, the Dubai woman and many more.

Formento + Formento

"BJ Formento is the light. Richell Formento is the pigment." That is how this wife-husband team describe the division of labor in their work relationship.

BJ was born in Hawaii, grew up in the Phillipines, graduated from Academy of Arts in California, moved to New York in 2005 and has stayed somewhat put since then.

Richeille and BJ met on set in 2005, got married three months later. BJ had worked for Richard avedon, Mary Ellen Mark and Annie Leibivitz. Richeille worked as an art director and designer in the fashion industry. After doing numerous commercial photo shoots together they decided to focus on their fine art photographic journey.

In 2009 they packed up their New York home and three cats, moved into a 27-foot silver air stream trailer and left the city. The goal was to document the sentiments in a post recession USA. 25 states in 5 months, 50 photographs was their goal but the project grew along to become more than that.

The project Circumstance, American Beauty on Bruised Knees, explores the despair of a recession, and keeping it on a modest budget, the Formentos did everything themselves. The women in the photos are all women they met on their travels.

We have a piece from Circumstance in our collection.

Formento + Formento

Nationality

American/British

Studio

America

Favorite motive

Abandoned places

Speciality

DYI

Trademark

Deserted places

Muse

Formento

Abandoned Circumstance Locations

Roller Coaster

Circus

Gas Station

Train bridge

Fair Ground

Train bridge

Phone Booth

Mansion

Bus station

Barn

www.formento2.com

Franck Bohbot

Franck Bohbot began his career as a set photographer. Since 2008, the artist has dedicated his artistic research to urban landscapes. Bohbot is particularly interested in relationships between individuals and architecture and he loves photographing public areas bare of any human presence.

In 2011 Franck Bohbot photographed the Théâtre du Châtelet and the Sainte Geneviève library. Situated in Paris, at the square with the same name, and built at the request of Baron Haussmann, the theatre was opened in 1862. There is no audience. It is unknown whether the show has just ended or if the artists will, to the contrary, go on stage soon.

The Sainte Geneviève library is housed in a building which was constructed in 1851 by the architect Henri Labrouste. The reading room on the first stage is made up of a large hall, divided into two aisles by a central colonnade which supports two semicircular arc vaults. Perfectly symmetrical, the library takes on the aspect of a sacred monument dedicated to culture.

Frank Bohbot

Born

1980

Nationality

French

Studio & home

Brooklyn

Favorite motive

Architecture

Speciality

Frontal exposure

Trademark

Symmetry

Partners

Musée du Louvre

Universal Music

Motown

Paris Saint Germain

Hobby

Drummer

Awards

Int'l Photo Award

2013

Gold Camera

2013

Urban Photo Contest

2012

Strasbourg photo festival

2011

www.franckbohbot.com

Frank Majore

According to Majore, only sex, death and beauty are worthy art motifs, which should have spiritual value and move the audience. Our tidbit: floral close-ups.

Frank Majore lives and works in New York and was a key figure in the early 1980s New York art scene. His photography might seem staged and closer to the visual mechanics of seduction more typically associated with advertising and commercial photography. He blurs the lines between art and commercial shots with his colorful, enlarged art works.

Frank Majore

Born

1948

Nationality

American

Education

Philadelphia College of Art

Studio

New York

Favorite motive

Naked & Cocktails

Signature

Eye catching

Exhibits

Red Dot Contemporary

2008

White Columns

2006

Janet Borden

1998

Hotell Lydmar

1996

Thomas Solomon’s Garage

1994

Rena Bransten Gallery

1990

Holly Solomon Gallery

1987

Perspectief

1984

Artists Space

1980

www.frankmajore.com

Hans Gedda

Known for his intimate portraits of great contemporary icons, Gedda’s images have become part of our cultural heritage.

Starting out as a Swedish photographer’s assistant at a young age, Gedda soon attracted attention of his own, by creating unconventional portraits of very important people. Like Nelson Mandela, Margareta Krook, Ingmar Bergman and Andy Warhol, whom we have on display at the Palace. Or Olof Palme, Andy Warhol, Jimi Hendrix, Monica Zetterlund, Angela Davis and King Carl XVI Gustaf.

Gedda’s portraits are like time capsules, where space and distance seem insignificant. His commercial projects often inspire his portraits, and Gedda is a pro at capturing their presence and concentration with humor, always in black and white.

Hans Gedda

Born

1942

Nationality

Swedish

Education

Autodidact

Speciality

Portraits & still life

Trademark

Black & white

Secret gem

Circus series

Awards

Årets Bild 1994

World Press Photo 1991

Hobby

Painting

Pets

Two dogs

Exhibits

Centre Pompidou Paris

1979

Walker Art Center

1982

Saatchi Gallery London

1994

Kulturhuset Stockholm

1996

Subway Stockholm

1998

Gripsholms Slott

2006

Åmells Konsthandel

2008

Nationalmuseum Sweden

2013

Hans Hammarskiöld

Quite the early bloomer, Hammarskiöld started his career in the 1940's, when clicking away on his dad’s Leica camera.

His breakthrough came a decade later, during his stint at the British Vogue in London. Living in London gave him the opportunity to roam in a city which was still marked by the Second World War, which he carefully depicted in his' London portfolio’, including many of the images he has become best known for. We’re proud to have ‘Trafalgar Square’ in our permanent collection, which was taken during this time.

The Stockholm born photographer was active in most genres but was especially noted for his cunning portraits of entrepreneurs, royals, actors and fellow artists. What set him apart most, was perhaps his genuine interest in personalities, which he clearly relayed on his images.

Hammarskiöld’s potfolio is vast, as he never shied away from any project nor motive, be it fashion, architecture, nature, commercial ads or book covers. He used to say that he always learned something on every sort of job, which is why he sought the challenge.

An old-school photographer, Hammarskiöld preferred developing his pictures according to analog methods in his dark room. His negatives were a gold mine which he constantly returned to, where he often found good pictures that he had overseen in the past. He blamed it on his eyes, which needed to grow up in order to appreciate the beauty of some of his shots!

The phographer passed away in 2012, after a short period of illness.

Hans Hammarskiöld

Born

1925

Nationality

Swedish

Gang

Tio Fotografer

Speciality

Portraits

Best motive

Family

Best place

Dark room

Best friend

Irving Penn

Represented

National Swedish Portrait Gallery

Inspiration

H. Cartier-Bresson

Photographer

Irving Penn

Photographer

Bill Brandt

Photojournalist

Richard Avedon

Photographer

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Hiroshi Sugimoto is one of the worlds top fine arts photographers. We have pieces from both his Seascape series and 1000 Buddhas.

Sugimoto is probably most famous for his ongoing seris Seascapes that he began working with in 1980. It is a seris of images where seas, oceans, fjords and canal meet the horizon form all around the world. The photos all have the exact same format and are split in half by the horizons. Though it might seem the same at first glanze, the variations are endless.

The 1000 Buddhas are photographed in the Sanjusangen-do (Hall of Thirty-Three Bays) in Kyoto. They are life size wooden bodhisattvas (enlightened beeings) from the 12th and 13th centuries that reside in the building.

Sugimoto is also an accomplshed, yet unlicened, architect. An official license would have taken years to get, so Sugimoto solved it by hiring three young qualified architects that help him execute his visions. He has built many things from restaurants, design museums to shrines.

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Born

1948

Nationality

Japanese

Studio

Tokyo/New York

Favorite motive

Seascapes

Trademark

Black & White

Solo Exhibits

The J. Paul Getty Museum

L.A

Xue Xue White

Taipei

Leeum Samsung

Seoul

Museum of Art Fondation

Paris

Bergé Yve Saint Laurent Museum Brandhorst

Munich

Gallery Koyanagi

Tokyo

The Pace Gallery

New York

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Washington DC

www.sugimotohiroshi.com

Jacob Felländer

Swedish Jacob Felländer is our favourite fine art photographer. We have several of his photo art pieces in our collection and we are always wanting more...

Jacob Felländer grew up in a large family in Danderyd, just outside Stockholm. For a long time it looked like he would become a very successeful golf pro. His talent earned him scholarships to both Flagler College i St. Augustine, Florida and to San Diego State University where he studied fine art photography and graphic design. His interest in fine art photography just grew and grew and by the time Jacob graduated he had decided to end his golfing career and instead aim to become a great fine art photographer.

Jacob is mostly famous for his grand scale, multi exposed landscape photographs with motives from around the world. jacob works with old school analogue cameras that he has meddled with to let in a little bit of light and so tha the is able to get several exposures on the same frame, in a very specific way that has become his trademark. His photos are not digitally altered ever, they are created with his special technique.

For one of his latest projects he traveled on lap around the globe with stops in some of the worlds largest cities. He traveled with 36 cameras. Thge journey took 10 days and resulted in a grand solo exhibit at Fotografiska (museum of fine art phootgraphy) in Stockholm.

Today Jacob is considered on of Sweden's top photographers. He has many prominent fans around the world, including Bill Clinton. Jacob is married to Swedish actress Eva Röse, they have three children. The couple have lent us Albert Watson's portraits of Eva which you can admire in at the palace.

Jonas Fredwall Karlsson

Jonas Fredwall Karlsson started his cereer as a press photographer for some of the most influencial news papers in Sweden. His work at the news paper resulted in him winning the prestigious "Årets fotograf" (Photographer of the year) as the younges winner ever.

In 2000 he started a collaboration with the American magazine Vanity Fair. According to Vanity Fair he is the best portrait photographer in the world and a visual mastermind. With the magazine Jonas has photographed many of the world's most famous politicians, entertainers, sport stars and celebrities.

He has also done documentary features for Vanity Fair. In his coverage of 9/11, Katarina and the disaster in Haiti shows a great emotional depth and demonstrates his skill for portaining the world's importand moments.

Jonas' work has been exhibited in New York, London and Stockholm. He has also worked for American Vogue, GQ, Condé Nast Traveler amongst other. He has also done commercial photographs for Rolex, LG, Net Jets, Chevrolet, Lexus, SAAB, Condé Nast and Apple.

Jonas Fredwall Karlsson lives and works in New York and Stockholm.

Jonas Fredwall Karlsson

Nationality

Swedish

Studio

Stockholm & New York

Favorite motive

People

Speciality

Portaits

Represented

Bernstein & Andriulli

Employers

Vanity Fair

www.studiojonaskarlsson.com

Kourtney Roy

After she graduated from Emily Carr University of Art & Design in Vancouver in 2004 Kourtney immediately moved to Paris to pursue a career as a photographer. She tought herself french and got to work. A few years later she has become one of the more promising fashion photographers of her generation.

Her art photography is even more exciting. Her self-portraits look like film stills, and you are drawn to the stories they tell. Colorful and stylish kitsch has become her signature.

Kourtney Roy

Born

1981

Nationality

Canadian

Studio

Paris

Favorite motive

Models

Speciality

Self-portraits

Trademark

Kitsch

Favorite Films

Written on the Wind

Douglas Sirk

Imitation of LIfe

Douglas Sirk

Don't Look Now

Nicolas Roeg

All films by

Hitchcock

Leo Caillard

Leo Caillard started working as a freelance photographer when he was only 23 years old. Since then he has done lots of solo exhibits around the world. We have pieces from his Wild in the Museum series where he photographed stuffed animals in dioramas at museums, and then integrats them with photos of their true environment.

His lates series Hipsters in Stone has gotten praise where ever it has been shown. He has digitally dressed classical Greek statues in Hipster clothes.

Martin Bogren

The Swedish photographer Martin Bogren is represented at the Palace with a beautiful black & white photograph of a young couple kissing in a dark alley.

Martin Bogren's work stems from a subjective personal approach and has been exhibited in major galleries, museums and festivals in Scandinavia, USA, UK, France, Poland, Italy and India.

He started his photography in a bloomimg Swedish indie- music scen in the early 90s – photographing bands for record companys and for magazines. He later toured with The Cardigans and in ’96 his first photobook of the band was released (The Cardigans - Been it).

In 2008 his second book Ocean was published depicting a group of men from inner India who have never seen the ocean before, and now traveled through the country to reach the sea. The book was internationaly exhibited and won the honorable prize for best photobook in Sweden 2009. It was also shortlisted at the photobook contest in Arles the same year.

In 2011 the book Lowlands was published by Max Ström and exhibited at Fotografiska in Stockholm. Lowlands, depicts a rural Swedish filled with strange and beautiful characters. It was exhibited in Scandinavia, France, Portugal and Ireland.

In Tractor Boys Martin follows a group of young boys and their EPA-tractors. Martins grainy black & white photographies are always very captivating, no matter the motive.

Martin Bogren

Born

1967

Nationality

Swedish

Studio

Malmö

Favorite motive

People

Speciality

Black & White

Represented

Bibliothèque National de France

Paris

Oregon Fine Art Museum

Portland

Fotografiska

Stockholm

Swedish Photography

Berlin

www.martinbogren.net

Martin Richardson

Martin Richardson is a pioneer in holographic and 3-D images. His Marilyn Monroe holograph is greeting our guests in the palace entrance.

Martin Richardson was the first person in the world to be awarded a Masters of Arts in holographic art by tThe Royal Collage of art in London. He is now a professor at De Montfort University, England. Martin remains a major innovator in lenticular prints.

Aftera chance meeting with David Bowie in 1999, Bowie commissioned Richardson to do a holographic cover for the album Hours. That was a big breakthrough for the photographer.

Today Richarson is both an artist and a reseracher. He has published numerous books on hologram and 3D imaging. He has recieved several prestigious awards for his work both as an artist and a researcher.

Martin Richardsson

Born

1958

Nationality

British

Studio

De Montfort University

Speciality

Hologram & 3D

Exhibits

Arts Council of Great Britain

Cheltenham

Kunst und Design Halle

Germany

Britannia Row Gallery

London

MIT

Boston

Tokyo Shimbun

Japan

The Oxo Tower

London

www.martin-richardson.com

Martina Hoogland Ivanow

Martina Hoogland Ivanow studied photography at Parsons School of Design in Paris and New York and holds a BA in Fine Art, Major in Photography. Hoogland Ivanow has shown work in most of Europe, Japan, China and the US, and her work can be found in major collections as Victoria & Albert Museum in London and Moderna Museet in Stockholm.2011 she released her book Far too Close by Stedl.

Her images are a visual meditation on distance, both physical and emotional, of closeness to a subject and remoteness from a place. This focus is always apparent in her gorgeous and mysterious photographs, in which she often uses dark contrasts.

Even though she sees herself as an art photographer, she also often works for fashion designers and magazines.

Martina Hoogland Ivanow

Born

1973

Nationality

Swedish

Studio

Stockholm

Favorite motive

People

Speciality

Darkness

Magazines

I-D

Dazed & Confused

The new York Times

Details

The Face

Big Magazine

Blindspot

Another Magazine

www.martinahooglandivanow.com

Pieter ten Hoopen

Pieter ten Hoopen was born in the Netherlands but left his home for a life and career in Stockholm in 1999. He is a true intuitivist who lets a motive speak for itself. He never stage or arrange his portraits, which gives his photos an interesting perspective.

With a background as a photojournalist Pieter ten Hoopen knows how to pick up a situation from reality and create art. You could say that his photos are a mix between expressionism and photojournalism. Always with a certain mystery hidden in each portrait that opens up for different interpretations. Ten Hoopen has traveled the world and documented everything from prostitutes in Syria (it was during that project, he took all the pictures underneath a scarf to give a certain tone to the photos) and dog fights in Afghanistan to the loneliness of an exile living in Stockholm. He has been praised with numerous awards over the years, both as a photojournalist and for his art.

His images can be found in both Swedish and international magazines like The New York Times Magazine, Le Monde, Expressen, Dagens Naeringsliv and Svenska Dagbladet.

Pieter ten Hoopen

Born

1974

Nationality

Dutch

Studio

Stockholm

Favorite motive

Reality

Speciality

Finding situations

Signature

Hazy

Quirky fact

Used a scarf as filter

Exhibits

Fotografiska, Stockholm

2010

Hungry Horse, Montana

2010

Stockholm, Photography museum Stockholm

2010

Touche-moi

2009

Galleri Kg52

2008

Perpignan

2006

Museum of art, Tidaholm

2006

Perpignan

2006

Colombia (Quibdo)

2005

FOAM Amsterdam

2004

Gallery kontrast

2002

www.pietertenhoopen.com/

Richard Heeps

British photographer calls him self color-photographer. A titel that first might strike you as a bit odd, but after looking at his photos it all make sense. They are truly colorful. Adding to that it takes great technological knowledge to acheive the same color intensity with digital cameras as you get with analogue cameras, it makes even more sense.

In his series Man's Ruin, Richard Heeps has been photographing Americana in the UK and USA for over 10 years. His images capture people and places in contemporary scenes inspired by the 1940s and 1950s and they pay tribute to mid-century modern life, as it is lived today.

Sam Samore

Sam Samore is most famous for his exhibit "The Suicidist". We have pieces from his later work - “The Allegories of Beauty” - an exhibit about art and perfectionism in the 90's.

"I would describe my work as related to fairy tales"

Artist, storyteller and poet. Sam Samore was born in New York where he still lives. His signature style with over dimensioned photographs of close ups of faces in black and white always has an aura of mysticism around them. His photos are often grainy to create an abstract feeling.He has a weakness for fairytales, history and myths and he uses narrative both in his writing and hin his photographs. His work is often left a little uncomplete to give the spectator room for personal reflections.

Sam Samore

Born

1963

Nationality

American

Studio

New York

Favorite motive

People

Trademark

Mythological photos

Collectors

Mick Jagger

Jenny Ljungberg

Odd fact

Use private eye techniques

Exhibits

Team Gallery

2012

Capitain Petzel

2012

Galerie Rodolphe Janssen

2008

D'Amelio Terras

2007

Vous Etes Ici

2004

Contemporary Art Center

2006

MoMA P.S.1

2006

Galerie Anne de Villepoix

2002 & 2006

Casino Luxembourg

2000

Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche

1999

DAAD Galerie

1996

Kunstverein Elsterpark

1995

Kunsthalle Zürich

1994

Galleria Massimo De Carlo

1992

Standart Graphik

1990

American Fine Arts, Co.

1988

Spessi

In the 90's Spessi set out on a quest to photograph all the gas stations on his native island Iceland, there are around 100. The tour resulted in the exhibit Bensìn, a contemporary portrait of the nation.

The Bensìn exhibit came to Stockholm and The (old) Lydmar Hotel that once belonged to c/o Hotels. We keep two of our favorite photos from the exhibit. One is at the Palace and one is at c/o The Maidstone.